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…no one has stood out from the pack quite like the outrageous Laverne Cox...who seems to grab the screen everytime...she is on.- The New York Post 

Never before in the history of reality T V has a contestant looked so dependably firerce as she[Laverne] did on "I want to work for Diddy". - Metro Source New York


This show [TRANSform Me] helps to both increase their [trans people's] positive representation in the media (outside of Logo) and to educate the public on transgender issues. The litmus test says: Trans folks hosting their own show on a major TV network is a feminist win.-Ms. Magazine

Laverne Cox, the flamboyant black transsexual of the show, competing to become the personal assistant to rapper P. Diddy, has become the darling of the public. -French Elle 

Anyone who can do a double pirouette and land in a full split is a better woman than I. - New York Daily News 

 

The show [TRANSform Me] is breaking new ground by presenting transgendered women as fierce and fabulous...It's giving visibility to three transsexuals who are offered as wise and funny gurus.-Village Voice columnist Michael Musto told ABCNews.com.

 

The show’s [TRANSform Me] not really about makeovers for cis folks. It’s about explaining trans folks to a mainstream audience using the format of aVH1 reality show, a pop culture form that fits this work fairly well...Cox does a great job of shifting the way the audience understands trans women in short, simple, clear words. -Feministing.com 

The competitors for the job of Mr. Combs’s assistant are a largely featureless bunch, with the exceptions of Laverne, a transgender woman who’s quite likable… -The New York Times

…inspiring, touching and oh-so-much fun makeover series.- The National Inquirer

The standard makeover show gets its own makeover with this terrific new reality series about ugly ducklings getting glammed up by a trio of transgender gals(hence the title).  But don’t let the outrageous premise fool you:  while the show is super campy, it also has plenty of compassion.- Life and Style Magazine